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Six Flags Magic Mountain Goes Year-Round in January
Wednesday, Aug 23, 2017

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Six Flags Entertainment, the world’s largest regional theme park company, today announced plans to enter the destination travel market with its Southern California flagship property, Six Flags Magic Mountain, launching a 365-day operation at the park on January 1, 2018. Located...

September 16: Ekata Training Center Fitness Fun Day

The Ekata Training Center in Valencia will host a Fitness Fun Day and open house on Saturday, September 16 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Ekata’s mission is to improve people’s lives through the study of mindfulness, wellness, and fitness, so the event will feature live demonstrations of some of the center’s...

Bad Air Rising in SCV Thursday

Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive individuals in the Santa Clarita Valley on Thursday, according the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Los Angeles County Interim Health Officer, Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, MD, MPH, advises people living or working in the SCV or the East San Gabriel Valley...

Railroad Ave. Storm Drain Project Begins August 28

A five-week project to install a reinforced concrete box storm drain under Railroad Avenue in Newhall to improve drainage in the area will start Monday, August 28. Developer TMC Hollis LLC, with assistance from the city of Santa Clarita, will start the project Monday between 8:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. with...

Dodger Fans Help Strike Out Cancer This ‘Think Cure’ Weekend

Nine cancer survivors and their physicians will take the field at Dodger Stadium on Saturday evening to kick off City of Hope’s ThinkCure! Weekend. The annual event celebrates courageous cancer patients and survivors and pays tribute to the hard-working health care professionals and researchers dedicated...

Natalie Hidalgo New School Resource Deputy in Canyon Country

Deputy Natalie Hidalgo is the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station’s newly appointed school resource officer for Golden Valley High School, Sierra Vista Junior High School and Sequoia School. Deputy Hidalgo has served as a patrol deputy at SCV Sheriff’s Station for three years, and with the...

August 29: COC’s ‘iCuE’ Lunch Service Resumes

Starting Tuesday, Aug. 29, College of the Canyons students can leave their brown-bag lunches at home on Tuesdays because COC’s Institute for Culinary Education (aka iCuE) Café will resume its weekly lunch service. Running through Tuesday, October 10, the fall lunch service menu will be a five-course...

COC Launches RISE Program to Aid Foster, Homeless Youth

College of the Canyons has launched the Resources for Individual Success in Education project, dubbed RISE, to help improve access to higher education for current and former foster or homeless youth. Launched this fall semester, the program’s mission is to increase retention, graduation and transfer...

Hauser & Wirth’s Artist Residency Exchange at CalArts and Bath School

Summer Residency Art Exhibition in John Baldessari Building. International contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth has fostered arts education in local communities by supplementing exhibitions with lectures, seminars, workshops and special events. One of Hauser & Wirth’s latest projects...

August 25: CalArtians to Perform at The Getty’s ‘Friday Flights’

By Katie Dunham, CalArts Artists and CalArts alumni Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle (Art, Critical Studies MFA 12) and Scott Benzel (Art MFA 01) will take part in The Getty’s “Friday Flights,” the museum’s summertime event series inviting Los Angeles-based artists to “transform the Getty experience”...

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1970 - Snow day in Santa Clarita Valley [photos]
Saugus train station
Do you have a passion for swimming and a desire to make an impact in your community? The city of Santa Clarita is seeking individuals with strong customer service skills and a commitment to community engagement to join its lifeguard team.
Applications Are Open for the Summer 2026 Lifeguard Season
Santa Clarita Valley residents need to put down the yule log and refrain from all residental wood burning fires on Friday, Dec. 19.
Dec. 19: No Burn Day Alert Issued for SCV, South Coast Air Basin
U.S. Rep. George Whitesides (D-Aqua Dulce), announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 27th Congressional District: the “MathViz” team led by local Academy of the Canyons student, Gautham Korrapati.
Whitesides Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge SCV Winners
The Mardi Gras Madness 1K/5K/10K, set for March 1, in Santa Clarita, is more than a race, it’s a celebration of health, community and giving back. Now through Wednesday, Dec. 24, take $10 OFF race registration with promo code WINTER10 at checkout.
March 1: JCI Santa Clarita Holds Mardi Gras Madness 1K/5K/10K Runs
Theatre Extempore will present the all time classic musical The Fantasticks, 8-10 p.m. Jan. 9-11. 15-18 at The MAIN.
Jan. 9: Premiere of ‘The Fantasticks’ Presented by Theatre Extempore
West Ranch High School senior Braulio Castillo (17) never did any long-distance running before high school, but what he has accomplished in that demanding discipline since taking it up is impressive. And, so far his senior year, it is phenomenal.
West Ranch Runner Going the Distance
Powerlab Studio will hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting 4:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8 at 28110 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia, CA 91355.
Jan 8: Powerlab Studio Grand Opening, Ribbon Cutting
B2 Entertainment will have a Cookies With Santa event, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 at 21516 Golden Triangle Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.
Dec. 21: Cookies With Santa at MB2 Entertainment
The College of the Canyons soccer programs will be hosting 'Friday Night Footy,' small-sided pick-up games, running on Friday evenings Jan. 2 through June 26 at the COC Soccer Facility.
Jan. 2-June 26: Cougars Soccer Programs to Host ‘Friday Night Footy’
College of the Canyons sophomore pitcher Nichole Muro will continue her academic and athletic career at Cumberland University after signing with the Phoenix softball program.
Muro Signs with Cumberland University Softball Program
College of the Canyons men's basketball won its fourth straight contest in an 80-72 affair at Napa Valley College on Monday afternoon, Dec. 15 as freshman Julius Washington led all scorers with 20 points.
Cougars Win Fourth Straight 80-72 at Napa Valley
Canyons women's basketball snapped a five-game losing streak with a 60-44 win over Diablo Valley College during the final day of action at the Napa Valley Storm Surge tournament on Saturday, Dec. 13.
Canyons Finishes Tourney Weekend with 60-44 Win Over Diablo Valley
1929 - Swift justice: Thomas Vernon sentenced to life in prison for Saugus train derailment & robbery 1 month earlier [story]
Tom Vernon
The Newhall School District Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for its annual organiational meeting.
Newhall School Board Elects Rachelle Haddoak 2026 Board President
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department  Forensic In-Patient Step Down program’s success has led to an annual graduation that not only celebrates the participants for the progress they have made in the program but also acknowledges the department’s commitment to excellence in custody operations. 
LASD Custody Division Honors Inmates on the Path of Recovery and Success
The study of bones from the largest collection of Neandertal remains in Northern Europe has revealed evidence of selective cannibalism targeting Neandertal females and children between 41,000 and 45,000 years ago.
Research by CSUN Prof Finds Neandertal Selective Cannibalism 45,000 Years Ago
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today announced that registration is open for the second annual School Leadership to End Hate Winter Institute, co-hosted by the California Department of Education and the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education.
State Education Dept. to Address Rising Antisemitism, Hate
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was awarded a $134,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety
LASD Crime Lab Awarded Grant to Bolster Testing for DUI Cases
Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are in bloom, and California State University, Northridge’s environmental biologists are asking the public’s help in figuring out why and what it means for the trees’ future.
CSUN Researchers Call for Public’s Help in Documenting Joshua Trees’ Surprise Out-of-Season Bloom
The California Department of Motor Vehicles today issued its decision in the Tesla administrative case, adopting the administrative law judge’s proposed decision
DMV Finds Tesla Violated California State Law With ‘Autopilot’ Terms
Starting January 1, 2026, Santa Clarita Transit is launching Fare Capping, meaning once riders hit the daily or weekly cap, the rest of their local rides are free.
Santa Clarita Transit Launches Fare Capping Beginning January 2026
The University Library at California State University, Northridge has completed the processing and cataloging of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation Community Relations Committee (CRC) Archives, spanning from 1921 to 2000, providing researchers and the public access to one of the most comprehensive archives documenting the Jewish community’s role in combating antisemitism, fascism and discrimination in Southern California and beyond.
CSUN University Library Announces Completion of Jewish Community Archives Processing (1921–2000)
1839 - Judge John F. Powell born in Galway, Ireland [story]
John F. Powell
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